In Kibati, a few miles from the front line, young men lobbed rocks Tuesday at three U.N. tanks also heading away from the battlefield. The U.N. has 17,000 U.N. peacekeepers in Congo — the biggest mission in the world.

Biggest mission in the world, which is why it is the biggest screw up in the world. Has anyone noticed that the Iraq war has basically been won sooner and more efficiently than Afghanistan? What’s the main difference between Iraq and Afghanistan again?

Oh, THAT’S right, Afghanistan is a U.N. mission while Iraq is a U.S. mission.

“What are they doing? They are supposed to protect us,” said Jean-Paul Maombi, a 31-year-old nurse from Kibumba.

Selfishly, I’m announcing my “contribution” to the “change” movement. I obtained a flat tire via a series of half a dozen home-made spikes left near the driveway of a neighbor who has a huge McCain/Palin sign hanging on their fence. I had no idea that “change” would mean changing my tires.

I feel your pain, Charlie. As an Obama-Biden supporter here in Upstate South Carolina who shows his support with 2 bumper stickers and a window decal, I probably have one of only a very few 2006 model pick-up trucks, not used as a work truck, that’s in serious need of a paint job.

ROME — The Italian government gave Libya early warning of the 1986 U.S. airstrikes launched in response to a deadly attack on a disco in Germany, Libyan and Italian officials said Thursday.

“I don’t think I am revealing a secret if I announce that Italy informed us a day before — April 14, 1986 — that there would be an American aggression against Libya,” the agencies quoted Shalgam as saying.

Shalgam was quoted as saying that the United States launched a strike from a NATO base on Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island close to the African coast, “against the will of the Italian government.”

Absolutely unreal. What if several of our pilots had been killed by Libyan air defense forces who were prepared??? Thank God they weren’t.

That’s ok Italy, you don’t have to worry about reprisals from the U.S., but we never forget when you put our military men and women in harm’s way….we NEVER forget.